SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Chad Bettis pitched a ho-hum bullpen session Wednesday at Salt River Fields. That is not why teammates congratulated him.
The Rockies right-hander, three months after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, was given a healthy prognosis after blood tests and a tumor marker test showed he remains free of the cancer.
“When you meet the doctor, you’re kind of hanging on by a thread trying to figure out whether my blood work is good and what’s going on,” Bettis said from the Rockies’ clubhouse. “This is a huge day for me.”
Bettis, 27, underwent surgery Nov.